Shirt stud or button.



No. 653,656, Patented July l7, I900. J. CAMPBELL.

SHIRT STUD 0R BUTTON.

(Application filed Apr. 17, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES CAMPBELL, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO 0. C. DEVEREUX & CO., OF SAME PLACE.

SHIRT STUD OR BUTTON.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,656, dated July 17, 1900.

Application filed April 17, 1900. Serial No. 13,232. (No model.)

To aZZ whont it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shirt Studs or Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shirt studs or buttons; and the object of the same is to provide a stud which can be used in abosom provided with either an eyelet or a buttonhole and which will be retained reliably in place when attached.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side view of a stud made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view showing the hollow stem or shoe in longitudinal section and the button-head in the position which it assumes when the stud is to be attached to a shirt-bosom. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section and a plan view of the tubular blank from which the stem or shoe is formed. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the flat retainer-spring for the post of the stud. Fig. 5 is a side View of the stud and its post.

' Like numerals designate like parts in the different views.

In said drawings the numeral 1 designates the head of the stud or button, and 2 is the post. The post is provided with a groove or neck 3 near its outer end and a head 4 at its terminal end. The tubular stem or shoe 5 has a slot 6 form ed therein,said slot extending from one end of the tube to a point near the center thereof. A bowedspring 7, having a central curve 8, is seated in the tube 5, with the curve 8 located under the inner end of the slot 6. The post of the stud is confined within the tube by the edges of the metal forming the slot 6 engaging the groove 3 in the post. Aplug 7, having a point or ball 8, is secured in one end of the tube, and the opposite end of said tube is rounded up to retain the post in the tube and to present a practicallysmooth continuous surface to assist in carrying the shank 2 into the eyelet-hole. The button may be slid from the center of the tube or shoe to the end thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, and the point 7 can then be easily inserted into an eyelet or buttonhole in a shirtbosom. The head can then be moved along the slot 6 until the head 4; is engaged by the curve 8 in the spring 7, where it will be held against the tension'of the spring.

A button or stud constructed as described is simple in construction, is reliable and efficient in use, and can be used with a shirtbosom having either an eyelet-hole or a buttonhole without danger of accidental detachment.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- The herein-described button, comprising a button-head, a post extending therefrom and provided with a groove near its end, and an enlargement, a tubular hinged and sliding shoe provided with a slot of equal Width from one end of the tube to the center thereof, the edges of the slot engaging the groove in the post, one end of said tubular shoe having a headed pin fitted therein, the opposite end being rounded up to prevent withdrawal of said post and to form a stop therefor and presentin g a practically-continuous, smooth surface for insertion into the eyelet-hole, and a spring having a central recess secured in the tubularshoe at the inner end of the slot there-' in to hold the enlargement at the end of the post centrally in the shoe, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES CAMPBELL. Witnesses:

HARRY O. OURTIs, WALTER A. BURDIOK. 

